During the Civil War, a small band of Union soldiers approached the house. Upon seeing a Masonic emblem on the front door, they spared the house and its occupants. Dr. Dantzler was also known to treat both Confederate and Union soliders during the war. Blood stains on the upstairs pine floors from this period remain to this day (3).

1878  Dr. Lewis Dantzler died and left the plantation to his son, Irvin H. Dantzler (1, p. 8).

1930s  Blanch Dantzler, wife of Frederick, operated a popular travelers stop and boarding house called SunnySide House at Dantzler Plantation. Rates were $1.00 a night to sleep and 35 cents for a meal (1, p. 8) (3).